Objective The objective of this study was to summarize the literature regarding the effects of
renin-angiotensin system blockade (RASB) using angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors …

Objective To evaluate the contemporary growth rate of small abdominal aortic aneurysms
(AAAs) in view of recent epidemiological changes, such as decreasing smoking rates and …

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether either angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors
or other classes of antihypertensive drug attenuate or increase growth rates of small …

Aims Abdominal aortic aneurysmal disease is associated with increased risk of
cardiovascular morbidity and death, which potentially can be reduced with cardioprotective …

Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are characterized by localized dilation of the abdominal
aorta. They are associated with several serious consequences, including compression of …

BACKGROUND: Despite the absence of a relationship between cholesterol and abdominal
aortic aneurysm (AAA) expansion, there is evidence from a number of studies to suggest that …

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture has been recognized as a significant cause of
mortality for adults aged 60 years in the developed world for some time. 1 AAAs are usually …

The aortic disease comprises a group of different pathologies of high prevalence,
seriousness and ever changing by the medical and surgical investigations. Therefore …

Importance Currently there is no drug therapy for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).
Objective To test the efficacy of the angiotensin receptor blocker telmisartan in slowing AAA …

Diabetes, a state of relative insulin resistance, is negatively associated with both the
presence and growth abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), which could suggest a protective …